Yalta Conference
Meeting of the Big 3 where they decided on the United Nations, partitioning of Germany and Berlin, free elections in Eastern Europe and Soviet control of Poland
Battle for Berlin
Last German defeat where US and Soviets race to get to Hitler first
United Nations
International organization meant to resolve disputes through diplomacy with the 5 major Allies holding permanent seats in the Security Council
Burma Road
US-Chinese supply lines in the interior of China
firebombing in Tokyo
Allied shelling of industrial centers in Japan
Battle of Leyte Gulf
US recaptures the Philippines
Iwo Jima and Okinawa
Islands captures by US close to mainland China
Kamikaze bombers
Japanese suicide bombers employed when Japan was destined to lose
Manhattan Project
Secret Allied initiative to construct on atomic bomb
Potsdam Conference
Meeting of Big 3 (Truman replaces FDR) where they decide the details of the german partitioning, the location for the prosecution of war crimes and where some Historians argue that the Cold War begins with Truman threatening Stalin
Nuremberg Trials
German city location of the prosecution of war crimes
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Japanese cities where the atomic bombs were deployed
Paris Peace Treaties
Ended WWII and redrew borders